Allawi: Maliki used a politicized judiciary to liquidate political opponents10/04/2012 3:07 p.m.

Launched the Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi, a scathing attack on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, accusing him of leading a government characterized by corruption and brutality.

Allawi said in a newspaper article newspaper The Washington Times, that "al-Maliki leads a government body" Kavkaúaa "characterized by corruption and brutality, and uses the judicial system of doubtful integrity as a weapon to attack his political opponents and to hide crimes committed by his aides."

He added that "al-Maliki violates the constitution to strengthen his personal authority with the army and security forces to suppress political opponents and the Iraqi people, taking advantage of the unlimited support of Iran and the indifference of Washington."+Read More Link on Right

Allawi accused the government of Maliki, "failing in its duties to provide basic services to the Iraqi people, including clean water, electricity and health services, noting that" the unemployment rate among youth was 30 percent, making them easy prey for terrorists and criminal gangs. "

He explained that "the security situation in Iraq is deteriorating almost daily, despite inflation, the security services," noting that "Unfortunately, these devices have become part of the problem has been proven for the management of detention centers where torture is practiced under the supervision of the Office of the Prime Minister personally."

"It's the most exciting things to worry about al-Maliki's attempts to suppress or seizing the institutions supposed to be independent, Kmvudata elections, integrity, and the Central Bank", describing it as "The judgment by methods laid down by the dictatorial regime."

He said that "al-Maliki baptized in recent times to an escalation of attacks verbal against the Kurdistan Regional Government," adding that "it came in the wake of the steps contrary to the Constitution adopted by Maliki to target Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq after his return {Maliki} directly from Washington" .

Allawi said that "so get the Iraqis are building the wrong conclusions about the U.S. role in these events, a role that contrasts with its role advertiser to build a democratic state in Iraq that respects civil rights and seeks to reconcile and to build a impartial and independent judiciary and the lives of political pluralism and free media."

"The indifference of Washington encouraged Maliki to move forward to achieve his goal to seize power completely by avoiding compliance with Arbil that was reached under the auspices of the President of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani, the White House."

He pointed out that "not bound by the Convention led to losing the momentum of political, which led to the country's return to the sectarian and authoritarian rule, instead of moving towards reconciliation and reconstruction," warning of "the possibility of outbreak of sectarian and ethnic violence in Iraq again, which could lead to the division of the country." .

However, as "it is still possible to avoid this scenario, the U.S. has to do a double through the United Nations to restore the political process back on track without delay and that by insisting on full implementation of the agreement of Arbil in order to achieve transparency and the rule of law, national reconciliation and respect for the Constitution and human rights." .

He continued, "while the Iraqis themselves have to find a solution within the Constitution, the United States has always been an important ally of Iraq in the process of democratization which is still incomplete."

He stressed that "the White House still has a strong influence on the Maliki government, and therefore use this influence to ensure that the enormous sacrifices made by the Iraqi people and the U.S. will not be in vain."

He said that "this is the only hope left for Iraq in order not to turn into a failed state plagued by war, corruption and authoritarian rule, which Sivki inevitably terrorism in the region lacked originally to stability which will have the effect disastrous on the role played by the United States in the country and would be disastrous for the whole world." end